• 천문학회보
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.62.2-62.2
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• 2013

Recent spectroscopic observations have provided evidence for complex chemical evolution by supernovae and/or asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in the two metal-poor globular clusters (GCs) NGC2419 and M15. In particular, the horizontal branches (HBs) of these metal-poor GCs are very extended in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. The origin of these peculiar features, as well as that for the Sandage period-shift effect observed in these clusters, are yet to be understood. Here we show, by constructing population models including the Nitrogen enhanced subpopulation, that the second generation populations in these clusters would be enhanced not only in Helium, but also in Nitrogen. This working hypothesis can simultaneously explain the observed extended feature on the HB and the period-shift of RR Lyrae variables.

• 천문학회보
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.145.2-145.2
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• 2011

We present the results of simultaneous observations of SiO v = 1, 2, J = 1-0, $^{29}SiO$ v = 0, J = 1-0, and $H_2O$ $6_{16}-5_{23}$ maser lines toward 152 known $H_2O$-only maser sources (the sources which are previously detected only in the 22 GHz $H_2O$ maser emission) using Yonsei and Tamna 21-m radio telescopes of the Korean VLBI Network from 2009 June to 2011 January. Both SiO and $H_2O$ maser emission were detected from 62 sources giving a detection rate of 40.8 %. SiO-only maser emission was detected from 27 sources, while $H_2O$-only maser was detected from 22 sources. We have identified 19 new detections of SiO maser emission for previous non-detection sources and 51 new detections of SiO maser for previously not observed sources. Characteristics of all observed sources in the IRAS two-color diagram is investigated including their evolutionary sequence and mutual relations between SiO and $H_2O$ maser emission. These observational results will be useful for statistical study of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and future VLBI observation.

• 천문학회보
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.40.2-40.2
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• 2014

The connection between the active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and star formation activity is one of the most important issues in understanding the coevolution of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and galaxies. In our recent study, by using SDSS quasar spectra we found that the emission-line flux rations involving a nitrogen line, i.e., $NV{\lambda}1240$, correlate with the Eddington ratio. This correlation suggests that the mass accretion into SMBH is associated with a post-starburst phase, when AGB stars enrich the interstellar medium with the nitrogen. Moreover, we focused on nitrogen-loud quasars, which have prominent emission lines of the nitrogen, to investigate whether this argument is correct or not. We will present our recent results described above and discuss the relation between the star formation and feeding to SMBHs.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.1-18
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• 2008

이 연구에서는 장주기 변광쌍성 ${\in}$ Aurigae의 주성에 대한 측광 관측자료를 바탕으로 그 별의 변광주기를 분석하였다. 이를 위하여 1842년부터 2006년까지 약 160여년에 걸쳐서 여러 관측소에서 관측된 자료를 이용하였다. 식 바깥 부분의 자료를 선별하여 CLEANest와 Wavelet 알고리즘으로 주기를 분석한 결과 ${\in}$ Aurigae의 주성 F별은 시간에 따라서 진폭이 변하기는 하지만 몇개의 특정 주파수가 일정하게 유지되는 진동 특성을 가지고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 특히 두 개의 주기(67일과 123일)가 지속적으로 나타난 것은 지금까지 부분적으로 주기를 구하였던 결과에서 주기가 시간에 따라서 불규칙하게 변한다고 판단되어졌던 것과는 달리 ${\in}$ Aurigae의 주성이 이중 모드 또는 다주기적 변광을 하고 있다는 것을 말해준다고 하겠다. 이는 ${\in}$ Aurigae의 주성이 post-AGB의 단계에 있다기 보다는 질량이 큰 초거성 상태임을 암시하는 결과라고도 할 수 있다. 또한 황색 초거성의 변광기작에 대해 명확하게 이해되지 못하고 있는 현재의 입장에서 ${\in}$ Aurigae의 식 바깥부분에서의 추가적인 관측이 필요함을 논의하였다.

• 천문학회보
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.52.2-52.2
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• 2010

In search of the intracluster dusts, we have made a survey of globular clusters (GCs) with the Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) aboard AKARI, the Japanese infrared space satellite. The GCs are thought to host dust particles that are condensed from the material injected by the cluster asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars. However, attempts to detect dust emission from GCs had not been successful until a significant amount of far-infrared (FIR) emission was detected close to the NGC 7078 center by the ISO observations (Evans et al. 2003). Recent FIR observations by the AKARI (Matsunaga et al. 2008) and the Spitzer Space Telescope (Boyer et al. 2006; Barmpy et al. 2009) reported a tentative detection of the dusts in NGC 5024 and NGC 6341, and also confirmed the previous ISO dust detection from NGC 7078. We have observed 17 selected GCs in four FIS wavebands at 65, 90, 140, and 160 micrometers. Each observation covers about $10'{\times}10'$ area centered at each GC. The resulting images show extended structures and/or blobs around the GCs. The extended structures are very suggestive of the Galactic cirrus, while the blobs around NGC 288 and NGC 4833 seem to be related to the two clusters. In this presentation, we will report four representative cases of our survey results and discuss the properties of newly detected sources.